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authorwlemb <wlemb>2000-05-28 21:46:39 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2000-05-28 21:46:39 +0000
commitc18727f21242efc8170dd82fd244ab251ae0e70f (patch)
tree52775fc18426acb6eb266b6965c26388420bfc89 /doc
parent2a0b0a2a11a0baa754770570f1f0301a82aed619 (diff)
downloadgroff-c18727f21242efc8170dd82fd244ab251ae0e70f.tar.gz
* src/roff/nroff/nroff.sh: Fix infinite loop.
* src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cc: Add declaration of mkstemp(). * man/roff.man: Removed unused macro. * Makefile.in (dist): Remove src/xditview/Imakefile explicitly. This is needed e.g. if you do `make distclean; ./configure; make dist'.
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diff --git a/doc/groff.texinfo b/doc/groff.texinfo
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@@ -4241,7 +4241,6 @@ macros inadvertently insert some vertical space before the text starts
is associated with the current diversion level.
@c XXX xref
-
@end_Deffn
@Deffn{Request, rs, }
@@ -4249,7 +4248,6 @@ Disable no-space mode. This request is associated with the current
diversion level.
@c XXX xref
-
@end_Deffn
@@ -4570,6 +4568,26 @@ no-break control character is associated with the current environment
@Deffn{Request, eo, }
Disable the escape mechanism completely. After executing this request,
the backslash character @samp{\} no longer starts an escape sequence.
+
+This request can be very helpful in writing macros since it is not
+necessary then to double the escape character. Here an example:
+
+@example
+.\" This is a simplified version of the
+.\" .BR request from the man macro package
+.eo
+.de BR
+. ds result \&
+. while (\n[.$] >= 2) \{\
+. as result \fB\$1\fR\$2
+. shift 2
+. \}
+. if \n[.$] .as result \fB\$1
+\*[result]
+. ft R
+..
+.ec
+@end example
@end_Deffn
@cindex escape character
@@ -4696,7 +4714,6 @@ string), it is no longer affected by @code{tr}.
@item
Without an argument, the @code{tr} request is ignored.
@end itemize
-
@end_Deffn
@findex \!
@@ -6202,7 +6219,7 @@ name.
This would be called as
@example
-.vl $Id: groff.texinfo,v 1.38 2000/05/22 06:21:49 wlemb Exp $
+.vl $Id: groff.texinfo,v 1.39 2000/05/28 21:46:40 wlemb Exp $
@end example
@xref{Request Arguments}.